Thanks for the tutorial...

2 things...

1. if you have a lot of files why not make asecond recat-map and recategorise the files per 50 orso files?
You need to quit and restart SimPE everytime to moce the files but it might go a bit faster overall...

2. About A/Ya, i think there shouldn't be too many problems with things like bikinis, bra/panty-sets?!?

Aweseome, your things are so helpful, I love the one that helps place items in the community category. Is there a way in which one more thing can be changed, that collections for residential lots can be made to exist on community lots as well.

For some reason I could not find the "the" category u spoke, any further instructions would be greatly appreciated

Which category? In CI or SimPE? And if in SimPE, in the scan window or the opperations tab?

DUDE I figured out instead of "the" in the SimPE categorie ( as stated in step B2) it says "...". Once I tried that I followed your directions to a T. THank you so much. You have no idea how much. Now I can have clothes in my pregnant section. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. And if I haven't said it enough, THANK YOU!!!!!!!

Yes, SimPE's interface undergoes minor changes over the revisions.

I was wondering.... can you change the category of clothes to be the top-only or bottom-only in everyday?

I have some nice things categorized "swimwear" or "undies" and I would like to be able to use them also as bottoms and mix them with tops...

It would be fine even if I had to clone the object.

That's not possible because the tops and bottoms are different meshes from whole outfits. So, just recategorizing won't work, it would require a mesh edit.

Thank you for your answer, IgnorantBliss.

What a pity!

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I always get so frustrated when I find a bathing suit in my active wear. I really needed this. Thanks again.

Question: I did the changing in the PE, but now there isn't any files in the RECAT to scan! All the clothing packages now say (ie) "duo49.packagedisabled" and I can't move them back! HELP! I thought I followed the directions to the letter... but I've obviously screwed something up.

How do I fix this?

OMG... you rock!!!! love u love u love u. Some of those multi cats had me wanting to do not nice things!!!

Just out of quriosity (sorry can't spell for doodly), is there some way to tell which mesh a skin uses? Cause I have a bunch of custom meshes downloaded and cloths i created on them and I don't know which goes with which when it's time to upload them!!! Grrrr....
Thankxxx

Okay, new question... Just downloaded the SIM PE for Seasons and now there is another listing under catagories: casual 1, casual 2, casual 3. Under the operations section (where changes can be set) only "everyday" is checked. Things are still appearing in multiple catagories in the game. What are these "casual" catagories?

Thanks!

Just wanted to say thank you, I just did this and it took less than an hour total. I also had a couple I forgot to change, and a couple I apparently unchecked from everything. lol When I went and did scan I saw those two in red so just switched over to categories. Noticed what I did and fixed it. Also fixed the two pairs of swimtrunks I forgot to fix. Then switched back over and scanned again. Opened the Sims and the CAS clothing opened MUCH MUCH quicker. Went through the pages and they went much quicker also. I had so much that was in active, swim, undies and pj's for both males and females. Plus a ton of clothing for females/males that was both in everyday and formal. Now everything is in one category, so thank you again

Thanks for this toutorial, I really needed it for a requested sim.

Your tutorial worked great for me! Thanks so much!

One question. I downloaded some clothing that is available for adults and elders but I don't want the clothing to show up for elders. Can I use the same method as your tutorial but uncheck the elder option?

Thanks!

Actually - just to throw my two cents in here - I've used both methods. I have to be honest and say that I was looking for a way to do this in SimPE, when I found how to do it in BodyShop. What's annoying, though, is all the steps it takes in Bodyshop. Yes, you have to wait for everything to load in SimPE, but you can walk away and get a latte, or cuddle a loved-one, or read a book. Then it's bim-bam and they're all changed in about ten minutes. It took me several hours to change the same number of pieces in BodyShop.

I only wish there was a way to choose whether something shows in the "Shirt", "Pants" or "Sets" category. I have several sets that don't work properly when separated, and I'd love to get them out of the individual categories if I can. >.<

Oh - and a hearty "Thanks!" to Frumph (pardon the horrible memory for spelling) for posting this. This has made my life soooo much easier! :lovestruc

Just in case this hasn't been answered (I'm working my way through the whole thread), I'd just like to mention that I had this problem too, at first. You have to select a clothing file for the clothing options to become available. When they do, you'll get a side scrollbar allowing you to move down and see the "Age" and "Category" options under "Clothing". Hope this helps!

can i change clothes to from male to female or unisex? how?

I followed all the steps and I worked great but when I opened my game and tried the re categorized clothes I saw something unusual. The clothes that I had re-categorized from teens to young adults still had the shape of teens which created a see-through gap in the neck of the sim. Did this only happened to me? why?

I was about to toss out most of my downloaded clothing which had like all the categories for no darned reason. I am trying this out now as we speak and hopefully things will turn out okay!

Can you only put clothing in one category? I checked both Everyday and Outerwear and pressed set, and it went back to just one of them. Is there any way to categorise an outfit as both? My sims want to wear cardigans in winter rather than snowsuits.

Thank you so much! This really helped me a bunch. Finally no more formal wear in the undies category. Woohoo!

And a note on your walkthrough: kudos to you. It was my first time really using SimsPE (no wonder all my DLs are beyond good and evil) and your step by step instructions really made it easy to use. Even though it was my first time, I knew what to do when and how. Thank you once again! (If only the hair recolour sorting thing was as understandable...).

In case the question was not answered yet: After you click on "set" your changes are saved. The changes do not show in the list until you scan the second time (without the thumbnails selected) as instructed.

Think you.